Comments on: SoCal Edison's $1.63B Smart Meter Plan Gets OK

By: Solar Feeds Gadgets » What You Should Know About Southern California Edison’s Smart Meter Patent

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:20:14 +0000

[...] patent the practice, and give away licenses for free. Basically, it wants to defend its planned .63 billion investment into smart meters, which was approved earlier this [...]

By: What You Should Know About Southern California Edison’s Smart Meter Patent | Eco Friendly Mag

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:36:51 +0000

[...] patent the practice, and give away licenses for free. Basically, it wants to defend its planned $1.63 billion investment into smart meters, which was approved earlier this [...]

By: What You Should Know About Southern California Edison’s Smart Meter Patent

What You Should Know About Southern California Edison’s Smart Meter Patent — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:08:10 +0000

[...] patent the practice, and give away licenses for free. Basically, it wants to defend its planned $1.63 billion investment into smart meters, which was approved earlier this [...]

By: What You Should Know About Southern California Edison’s Smart Meter Patent « Earth2Tech

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:16 +0000

[...] patent the practice, and give away licenses for free. Basically, it wants to defend its planned $1.63 billion investment into smart meters, which was approved earlier this [...]

By: JD

JD — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:46:00 +0000

Sad to say, these “Not so Smart Meters” are akin to upgrading from pencils to typewriters. Why? They stubbornly lack a standardized connection providing real time usage information.

This is a HUGE missed opportunity. If our smart house can understand real time usage, a tidal wave of innovation will be unleashed saving billions in energy. Imagine coordinated appliances scheduling themselves.

As it is, “Not so Smart Meters” do away with meter readers and help out with load leveling. Now if we are lucky, the utility will share useful information… or perhaps make it into a “profit center” selling you your information.

Smart consumers need access to their real time usage information to make real time decisions. Let's stop cheerleading the "Not so Smart Meters" and ask for an "Open Meter"